• You must be logged in to see or use the Shoutbox. Besides, if you haven't registered, you really should. It's quick and it will make your life a little better. Trust me. So just register and make yourself at home with like-minded individuals who share either your morbid curiousity or sense of gallows humor.

No Justice: 10mo dies after parent leaves her in a hot car on a 90-degree day to go grocery shopping

Sugar Cookie

Sugar Cookie

Veteran Member
Bold Member!
A baby girl left in a hot car died Tuesday afternoon in Richmond, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.

The child, believed to be 10-months old, was left in the SUV while the adult she was with went grocery shopping, those sources told Burkett.

The car was then driven to a home in South Richmond. That's where emergency crews responded just before 2 p.m.

The child, who was in cardiac arrest, died on the way to the hospital, according to Crime Insider sources.

Richmond Police confirm that they are in the early stages of a possible heat-related infant death investigation. Foul play is not immediately suspected.

San Jose State adjunct professor and research meteorologist Jan Hull tells says it doesn't take long for temperatures to hit the deadly mark.

"112 degrees inside in 10 minutes, the temp then would climb to about 125 in a half-hour and 135 and above in an hour," Hull said. "Smaller infants... their surface area for perspiration compared to body mass is not good, so they get overcome by heat much faster than an adult and their body temps rise 3 to 5 times faster."

Crime Insider sources say that detectives want to know why the 911 call was made from the Britannia Road home instead of the parking lot of the grocery store where she was left.

Temperatures in Richmond Tuesday afternoon were in the low 90s, with a “feels like” temperature between 101 – 103.
Click to expand...

10-month-old girl dies after she’s left in hot car outside Richmond grocery store

The child was left in the vehicle while the adult she was with went grocery shopping, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
wtvr.com wtvr.com
 
The mother of a 10-month-old girl who died Tuesday after being left in a hot car said what happened was an accident.

The mother, who spoke to CBS 6 reporter Cameron Thompson on Wednesday, identified the victim as Luciana Kaye Diaz, the youngest of her four children.

Crime Insider sources said Diaz suffered cardiac arrest Tuesday and died on the way to the hospital after she had been left in a hot car by her mother, who CBS 6 is not identifying at this time.

The mother said that she was shopping with the child at the Food Lion in Chesterfield. Crime Insider sources said that the mother left the child in the car while she shopped, but the mother claimed that the child was in the grocery store with her.

However, the mother said that when she got to the family's home, she did leave the child in the car while she unloaded the groceries. But she said that car's windows were down and the child’s door was open.

The mother said that initially, her daughter was throwing a fit as she did this so she came back to calm her down, and then continued unloading. She said that when she was done she found the child unresponsive and called 911. The mother said that the amount of time it took to unload the groceries “wasn’t a long time.”
Click to expand...

Mother denies leaving infant in hot car, calls death ‘accident’

The mother of a 10-month-old girl who died Tuesday after being left in a hot car said what happened was an accident.
wtvr.com wtvr.com
 
Oct 01, 2019
The 10-month-old girl who was left in a hot car in July died from hyperthermia and the manner of death was an accident, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.

In July, CBS 6 spoke with the child’s mother who identified her daughter as Luciana Kaye Diaz, the youngest of her four children.

The mother said that she was shopping with the child at the Food Lion. However, the mother said that when she got to the family's home in South Richmond, she did leave the child in the car while she unloaded the groceries.

But she said that car's windows were down, and the child’s door was open.

The mother said that initially, her daughter was throwing a fit as she did this, so she came back to calm her down, and then continued unloading. She said that when she was done, she found the child unresponsive and called 911. The mother said that the amount of time it took to unload the groceries “wasn’t a long time.”

Police said that foul play was not immediately suspected, and no charges have been filed in the case.
Click to expand...

Medical Examiner: Baby left in a hot car in July died from hyperthermia

The 10-month-old girl who was left in a hot car in July died from hyperthermia and the manner of death was an accident, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
wtvr.com wtvr.com
 
Last edited:
What a crock of bullshit. There is no way that baby died from hyperthermia in the time it took mom to bring in the groceries-even if her door wasn’t open. And why aren’t they naming the mother?

They still haven’t confirmed whether or not the baby was left in the car at the grocery store. How hard can that be to determine? They’ve got to have video cameras in the store besides numerous witnesses. Some ace investigators they have on this case!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Latest posts

Back
Top